Midweek Lent services begin at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, on Ash Wednesday, March 5, at 7:00 p.m.
Pastor Matt Nowak's sermon theme is "Realizing Our Need for Repentance." The theme is "Reflections on Repentance" from King David's great penitential Psalm 51.
The Ash Wednesday Service readings are from 2 Samuel 12, 2 Corinthians 5 & 6, Luke 18:9-14 and the sermon is based on Psalm 51:1-2. The hymns are: "In Hopelessness and Near Despair, From Depths of Woe, Salvation unto Us Has Come, and I Lay My Sins on Jesus."
Wednesday, March 12 - Senior Citizens Breakfast, 9:00-10:00 a.m.
- High School Band performance
Friday, March 21 - Music Boosters Chicken BBQ and Concert, 4:00-10:00 p.m. Tickets
- Every ensemble from 4th-grade strings through high school bands and choirs will perform
Monday, March 24 - NO SCHOOL. Teacher inservice day.
Bluffton University was informed that the University of Findlay Board of Trustees voted on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, not to proceed with the joint application to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) for merger approval and to terminate the Memorandum of Understanding signed on March 19, 2024. This decision comes after nearly a year of collaboration and preparation for the proposed merger.
ELIDA – The Bluffton High School boys basketball team lost 70-56 to rival Lima Central Catholic in the Div. VI district semifinals at the Elida Fieldhouse Wednesday night, February 26 to end their season.
Bluffton inched within 28-27 late in the first half, but LCC freshman guard Jeff Williams canned a big trifecta at the buzzer to put the Thunderbirds on top 31-27 at intermission.
The Thunderbirds took control of the game with a crucial 24-15 third quarter to break away from the tight halftime score.
OTTAWA __ First National Bank has promoted Sarah Klausing to Senior Branch Manager. Klausing will continue to oversee the Ottawa branch, as well as supervise the branch manager team. In her new role, Sarah will provide enhanced support to branch managers, focusing on staffing, procedures, training, facility maintenance, and achieving branch goals.
Klausing has served as a branch manager with First National Bank for over 5 years.
On Wednesday, April 2 at noon, the Bluffton Public Library book group will discuss The House of Lincoln and meet with author Nancy Horan by Zoom.
Noon Book Group meets the first Wednesday of each month at noon at Bluffton Public Library. Titles for this discussion group are available for checkout at the library front desk.
